Investment Q&A

Q: What is your current opinion of the MFS Charter Income Trust as a defensive and income instrument?

Q: Why are they consolidating the shares? They are nowhere near a delisting price.
Why do you think the market is unphased by the yield reduction. Even an anticipated cut almost always creates a drop. Occasionally a boost of course.

Q: DPG dropped 20% on june 16th,probably since it cut its usualy stable dividend, for first time since 2016..I own it since a few years in my RRSP : is it still an "acceptable" investment for revenue,or is it too risky to be kept any longer?

Q: I would appreciate an update regarding the payout ratio for this company, and your assessment of both the likelihood of a dividend cut and the relative safety of the dividend after, say, a 50% trim (which today would still leave about 6.5% payout).
Thanks!
Paul K

Q: I have some reservations about buying individual closed-ended funds, in general; however, YYY is interesting due to its ETF Index approach. Is this a valid income instrument from the perspective of ensuring continued payouts and reasonable share price maintenance?

Q: Given the discount to NAV, what would you consider to be the downside risk to this fund? What about upside potential?

Thank you!

Q: Barron’s Andrew Bary wrote a very interesting commentary on this Baillie Gifford fund this weekend. What are your thoughts on its value, low cost, and investment diversification?

Q: Did GSY ever make more info available regards the $41mil. lent to a bankrupt car finance Co.?
In their last qtr. statement was that name included in mark to mkt. group of 3?
Thanks

Q: Can you give me the risk level of investing in either of these 2 financial products? Should the yields scare me or is this an opportunity? Looking to put in my income portfolio.

TY.

Q: Can you speak about $BSO. How is it paying a 37% Yield.

Q: I would appreciate an updated opinion on Helios Fairfax Africa. Thanks!
P.S. There is an extraneous double listing in your data base.

Q: BIZD is detained in US RRSP (significant downtrend this year),I plan to sell BIZD for VZ for income + some future capital appreciation ,unless it is recommended to be patient and wait that BIZD recovers ? all suggestion or impression appreciated !

Q: Hi 5I team

I see in my account that I have received rights equivalent to the shares in IGR that I own. I am unsure of the significance, my options, and/or a recommendation(certainly dependent on my risk/investment tolerance). Could you enlighten me please. I do enjoy the 12+% yield.

Q: Share price at $7.29 per share. Interested in purchasing at this price? At what price do they stop paying the dividend based on the present value of the shares. Your opinion on purchasing at this time with the current banking crisis. cheers kenneth

Q: Thoughts please on OXLC for USD dividend income and 3 year hold for some capital growth.
Thanks
Rob

Q: Any reason to think the shares will ever approximate book value?

Q: BGI started out at $10.00 with a .15/qtr, dividend with a target yield of 6%, about 10 years ago. It has managed to keep paying the .15 quarterly dividend since, but the unit value has been mostly below 10.00 since it started. It appears now to be trading near it's 10 year low and the current yield is over 12%. It looks like further downside is possible with rising interest rates and also as it trades at a premium to book value. It looks like the payout ratio is over 300% at present. Your thoughts on the following questions. Is the dividend safe at the current level given the securities it holds? With the payout ratio so high is the Fund forced to do an equity issue to maintain it, or do return of capital payments? Do you feel this is a good entry point? Finally, how likely do you feel that they may reduce the dividend back to the 6% yield level in order to preserve cash in the fund? Please deduct as many credits required to answer. Thank you for the great service. ...Will

Q: How reliable are the monthly dividend payments for these funds …. as part of an income portfolio?

Thanks.

Q: I am a retired income investor. I own a lot of the various Brookfield companies. I have held BGI.un for quite some time and, unlike the Brookfied companies, I am well under water. It is very thinly traded. I have no problems keeping BGI because it fits my need for dividends but I am wondering if it is dead money and will keep slipping. Can I have your opinionon its future

Q: If i add EOS to my tfsa, how much tax will they hold? Thx. Maybe not good for tfsa? Thx. James